The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 1 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced it will allow imports of cape gooseberry from Colombia, in a final rule that takes effect June 2. Imported gooseberry will have to be produced in pest-free establishments and labeled with the farm where it was grown. It will also have to be imported in commercial consignments and come with a phytosanitary certificate from the national plant protection organization of Colombia. The final rule also contains a provision that gooseberry imports will be subject to approval of a “bilateral workplan” between APHIS and the Colombian government.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 28 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 25 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 24 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 23 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is set to publish in the April 25 Federal Register its proposed rules changing fees for general AQI work (here) and overtime services (here) for APHIS and CBP personnel (see 14042321). The agency is proposing substantial fee increases for certain activities, and would for the first time require payment for treatment services. Comments are due June 24.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 22 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is proposing the first changes to Agricultural Quarantine inspection (AQI) fees for imports in nearly a decade. In two proposed rules that have yet to be published in the Federal Register, APHIS is amending its general fee rates (here) as well as the rates charged by APHIS and CBP officers for overtime (here). The proposed rule on general AQI fees for the first time adds a $375 fee for each treatment conducted under the AQI program, including those conducted by private companies, and removes annual caps on fees for vessels and railcars. APHIS says the fee increases are necessary to cover AQI costs, which have increasingly been shouldered by CBP digging into its budget. Comments will be due 60 days from the proposed rules’ eventual publication in the Federal Register.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes April 17 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.